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GONE: SS United States sinks into the Gulf to become world’s largest artificial reef
Verified: 16 outlets in 10 countries have reported this story since Nov 10, 3 of them from the United States.
📍 United States, US·🕐 7h ago·16 outlets
How sure are we
✓ Verified · 16 outlets
Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
Who reported it
The story so far · 19 reports · · 10 countries✓ Verified Nov 11, 5:25 AM UTC
3 outlets from the United States, where the story is: NPR News, Phys.org, UPI · how we count
- Nov 10, 2:23 PM UTCFirst reportHistoric ocean liner to ‘live on’ beneath waves as world’s biggest artificial reeftheguardian.com ↗
- Nov 10, 2:27 PM UTC+3 minHistoric ocean liner to ‘live on’ beneath waves as world’s biggest artificial reeftheguardian.com (again) ↗
- Nov 11, 5:25 AM UTC+15 hThis ocean liner was the world's fastest. It's being sunk to make the largest artificial reefwinnipegfreepress.com ↗
- Nov 12, 7:15 AM UTC+41 h· you’re reading thisGONE: SS United States sinks into the Gulf to become world’s largest artificial reefwtva.com ↗
- Nov 12, 7:51 AM UTC+41 hHistoric SS United States ocean liner sunk off Florida to create world’s largest artificial reefgulfnews.com ↗
- Nov 12, 9:50 AM UTC+43 hSunken treasure: Historic US ocean liner reborn as artificial reefphys.org (again) ↗
- Nov 12, 10:29 AM UTC+44 hShip sunk off the coast of Florida; set to become world’s largest artificial reefbnn-news.com ↗
Location
Verification Log1
cross checkconfirmed90%
[Claude] All three other reports cover the same sinking of the SS United States off Destin, Florida, as an artificial reef, and none contradict Report 1's facts.
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Reliability
Reliability ScoreVery high
95%Independent outlets6
Statusverified
AI checknone yet
Community flags0
Score bands
Very high80–100%
A highly rated outlet, or several independent outletsHigh60–79%
One well-rated outlet so farModerate40–59%
A lower-rated or state-run outlet, or one report of something seriousLow20–39%
A low-rated outlet on a serious or sensitive storyVery low0–19%
Treat it as unconfirmedWhat moves the score
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Outlet ratingThe outlet’s rating in WorldPulse’s list of sources starts the score
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Independent outletsEach further outlet that reports the story closes 40% of the gap to 98%
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Report detailsA few points either way: a summary and a place add a little; state-run outlets on conflict, politics or security, and single reports marked high or critical, lose some
Not in the score: AI checks and reader flags. Verified is separate: two or more independent outlets and a score of at least 65%.
Very high · How we score this
Risk Score
low risk